The system is not a system of production, but a system of consumption.

我不是说唱歌手，我是一个传奇。

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.

I don't believe in originality, I believe in recombination.

埃尔德什差异问题让我着迷，因为它陈述起来如此简单，但含义却如此深刻。

We have a responsibility, every one of us. We may think we live a long way from the oceans, but we don't. What we actually do here, has a direct effect on the oceans—and what the oceans do then reflects back on us.

【释义】圣人明白天道规律，顺应而不刻意行为；贤人知道灾祸的来源，心存警惕而不行欺诈；通达人明了命运的不可强求，不盲目追逐；诚信之人坚守信义，安静守护；仁者秉持仁德，廉洁谨慎；士人以德立身，谦虚恭敬；普通人理解道理，敬畏道义而不肆意妄为；愚人固守愚昧，不知避开灾祸；小人背离正道，终日急功近利扰乱自身。